AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll

Rankings

Released March 18
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
UConn (31-3) Big East
1
@ Providence
03/09 8:00 PM EST
1549 (61)
2
Houston (30-4) Big 12
-1
vs. Kansas
03/09 4:00 PM EST
1460 (1)
3
Purdue (29-4) Big Ten
-
vs. Wisconsin
03/10 12:30 PM EDT
1436 (0)
4
Iowa State (27-7) Big 12
3
@ Kansas State
03/09 2:00 PM EST
1342 (0)
5
North Carolina (27-7) Atlantic Coast
-1
@ Duke
03/09 6:30 PM EST
1325 (0)
6
Tennessee (24-8) Southeastern
-1
vs. Kentucky
03/09 4:15 PM EST
1158 (0)
7
Auburn (27-7) Southeastern
5
vs. Georgia
03/09 6:30 PM EST
1096 (0)
8
Marquette (25-9) Big East
2
@ Xavier
03/09 5:00 PM EST
1082 (0)
9
Arizona (25-8) Pacific 12
-3
@ USC
03/09 10:00 PM EST
1080 (0)
10
Illinois (26-8) Big Ten
3
@ Iowa
03/10 7:00 PM EDT
1040 (0)
11
Creighton (23-9) Big East
-3
@ Villanova
03/09 2:30 PM EST
920 (0)
12
Kentucky (23-9) Southeastern
-3
@ Tennessee
03/09 4:15 PM EST
866 (0)
13
Duke (24-8) Atlantic Coast
-2
vs. North Carolina
03/09 6:30 PM EST
834 (0)
14
Baylor (23-10) Big 12
-
@ Texas Tech
03/09 6:00 PM EST
806 (0)
15
Saint Mary's (26-7) West Coast
6
vs. Gonzaga
03/02 10:00 PM EST
568 (0)
16
South Carolina (26-7) Southeastern
-1
vs. Florida A&M
12/30 2:00 PM EST
527 (0)
17
Kansas (22-10) Big 12
-1
@ Houston
03/09 4:00 PM EST
445 (0)
18
Gonzaga (25-7) West Coast
-1
@ Saint Mary's
03/02 10:00 PM EST
413 (0)
19
Alabama (21-11) Southeastern
-
vs. Arkansas
03/09 12:00 PM EST
380 (0)
20
Utah State (27-6) Mountain West
-2
vs. New Mexico
03/09 8:30 PM EST
346 (0)
21
BYU (23-10) Big 12
-1
vs. Oklahoma State
03/09 9:00 PM EST
310 (0)
22
Texas Tech (23-10) Big 12
3
vs. Baylor
03/09 6:00 PM EST
205 (0)
23
Wisconsin (22-13) Big Ten
-
@ Purdue
03/10 12:30 PM EDT
175 (0)
24
San Diego State (24-10) Mountain West
-
vs. Boise State
03/08 10:00 PM EST
158 (0)
25
Washington State (24-9) Pacific 12
-3
vs. Washington
03/07 9:00 PM EST
138 (0)
Others receiving votes:
New Mexico 134, Florida 120, Nevada 51, NC State 36, James Madison 31, Dayton 27, Drake 26, Oregon 12, Colorado 10, Nebraska 7, Texas 7, Boise St. 6, McNeese St. 6, Clemson 5, Mississippi St. 5, South Florida 3, Colorado St. 3, FAU 2. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.
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